Meaning Of The Word Ali Baba

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Ali Baba in American English
in The Arabian Nights, a poor woodcutter who accidentally discovers the treasure of a band of forty thieves in a cave: he makes the door of the cave open by saying “Open sesame!”
noun: the poor woodcutter, hero of a tale in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, who uses the magic words “Open sesame” to open the door to the cave in which the Forty Thieves had hidden their treasure

Ali Baba in British English
noun: (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a poor woodcutter who discovers that the magic words " open sesame" will open the doors of the cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves

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